Liquid-cooled desk contains full-fledged PC, won't be sold at Ikea

We've heard of productive work spaces, but this thing has feng shui written all over it. The geeks and gurus over at Popular Mechanics were able to mix their construction and PC building skills in order to create the rather astounding desk that you see above. Aside from serving a purpose as a desk, looking fantastic and being next to impossible to keep clean, it's also a full-fledged computer. Packed within is a half-gallon of glycol, twin 300GB VelociRaptor hard drives, a GeForce GTX 280 GPU, seven fans, a Sony Blu-ray drive, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 3GHz Core 2 Quad processor and copious amounts of "win." Check the read link for a how-to guide... if you dare.

[Thanks, Jay]

[Evangelion Posted May 24th 2009 12:46PM]

I came.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:39PM]

stupid and ugly

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:42PM]

Thanks for sharing. I can recommend a good cognitive therapist, and a plastic surgeon.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 12:56PM]

Someone really hasn't heard of an all-in-one PC.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 12:59PM]

With all those fans, it most be super load

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:00PM]

Also why didn't they sink all the heat to the aluminum frame of the desk?

[LifeSizeActionFigure Posted May 24th 2009 1:01PM]

Build your own:

1. Buy a glass table
2. Buy an iMac
3. Eliminate cable clutter.
4. Save money

[Kizorblade Posted May 24th 2009 1:18PM]

Yeah, but can you see the innards of your computer working just by looking down?
Granted, an iMac would suffice, but some people do things not because it's practical, but because they can.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:23PM]

lol only an apple fool would think buying an iMac is building anything. Saving and money and mac only belong together in a Mcdonalds commercial.

[Evangelion Posted May 24th 2009 1:41PM]

Save money and iMac together?

I lol'ed!

[Sor1 Posted May 24th 2009 1:44PM]

YES is exactly the same why this *idiot* when to all this trouble ??? Because an iMac has a 280GTX, RAID velociraptors, Blu-ray drive, DDR3 RAM and a 3GHz Core 2 Quad processor....
/sarcasm
*sigh*

[Jacob1 Posted May 24th 2009 1:57PM]

better idea. Buy laptop. Done

[Decoy Posted May 24th 2009 8:07PM]

5. ???
6. Debt.

[Evangelion Posted May 24th 2009 10:05PM]

7) PROFIT!!!

[excelsium Posted May 24th 2009 1:19PM]

Yea, it's time all desks had a flip top to build pc's etc into :).

[va jj Posted May 24th 2009 1:20PM]

this will be pretty bad for your eyes and tell me one veteran gamer who does not wear glasses or contacts.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:27PM]

just buy an Iphone. Did I mention the Iphone rules because it's GSM.

CDMA sucks

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:50PM]

you suck.

[Level 5 Posted May 24th 2009 1:37PM]

Wow.. a complete shitfest for fingerprints.. I can't get down.

[ZaxCG2 Posted May 24th 2009 1:54PM]

But will it blend?

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:57PM]

lol, i have exactly the same pc (except the hdd and the 3GB ram - i've got 4GB of it)

but, in my pc case :D

[tonicboy Posted May 24th 2009 1:58PM]

yeah so do they... 4GB of RAM.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 1:57PM]

This is so dope.

[letstakeawalk Posted May 24th 2009 2:07PM]

Well, fire is one of the elements, and neon is an gas electrified in order to make it emit photons; some early developers described it as "liquid fire", so it might pass...

You've got the water in the liquid cooling system, and metal in the aluminum structure. So it needs something to represent wood and earth - maybe a little bonsai tree?

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 2:29PM]

Win.

[Prospero Posted May 24th 2009 3:04PM]

yep, nice job..

Not very difficult to do tho.. don't know why its on engadget.

[Zorque Posted May 24th 2009 4:06PM]

I've always wanted to build a computer into a desk, good to see somebody doing it. Of course, my idea was a little less refined (Step one: find a desk with big enough drawers to screw a motherboard into, step two: do it).

[BrutalSpoon Posted May 25th 2009 6:42PM]

I suppose this is getting closer to the unavoidable truth that your future computer is going to be a huge ass table.

[ZeroCorpse Posted May 24th 2009 5:38PM]

Good luck carrying this to a LAN party... Or anywhere, should you need to move out or flee from your home for some reason.

[Slick Posted May 24th 2009 8:52PM]

Oh no Sir, you are mistaken. When your rig looks like that, the LAN Party comes to you.

[barry99705 Posted May 24th 2009 9:52PM]

Or carry it up the stars out of your mom's basement......

[barry99705 Posted May 24th 2009 9:53PM]

Damn it!! That was supposed to be stairs.... It's not as funny now... :(

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 7:15PM]

Fuck Ubuntu, no one would buy a GTX 280 for Ubuntu. There is no reason to.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2009 8:10PM]

Wow - a computer the size of a desk... this is amazing!

[Trebawa Posted May 24th 2009 9:18PM]

I think I'd like it better if the desktop was frosted.

[pvito Posted May 24th 2009 9:22PM]

Neat! Seems like something so obvious, why haven't I seen this before?

[barry99705 Posted May 24th 2009 9:53PM]

Cause you don't read Gizmodo?

[pvito Posted May 24th 2009 10:11PM]

look at that! I did have it bookmarked though...

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted May 24th 2009 10:19PM]

A curse on both your houses.

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[Stapyhlococcus Posted May 24th 2009 10:35PM]

HOLYSHIT!! This is a genius idea. I think I might invest some time into making one myself.

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2009 5:02AM]

Wait, it's next to impossible to keep clean?

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2009 5:08AM]

Gets so hot you can make your own popcorn.

[glennS Posted May 25th 2009 1:40PM]

Awesome. Just plain awesome.

[trois Posted May 25th 2009 6:27PM]

This would do well with my refrigerator case I made for my dual core Atom mobo....

[(Unverified) Posted May 26th 2009 9:47AM]

lololololololol. Surface.

[Obtuse Posted May 26th 2009 2:38PM]

The next case mod will be to turn your living room into a PC! And they'll call it... iCray!

Wait a minute... are computers going backwards?!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2009 11:40AM]

mf! i thought i have the coolest desk .. but i don't think i can have it for personal use anyway, could be for work
anyway... this is the one i have ... still the coolest overall
http://biomorphdesk.com/1-888-302-DESK/maxo/maxo_installed.html